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j The place or places where manufactured.k Whether the Manufacture is patented;

whether the design is registered.

I Where price is an element for considera-tion, the price at which the importeror manufacturer can sell the Article.m Any particular features which the Exhi-bitor desires to be noticed by the Jury.

Fine Arts. In SECTION 4. FINE ARTS, MODELS, SCULP-

TURE, and Plastic Art , the descriptionsshould specify—

a The name of the Artist or Designer, ifthe same should not be the Exhibitor.

6. Exhibitors are required, to mate their descriptions brief, and to confine them as much aspossible to facts.

7. Two Copies, in the English Language , of the Exhibitor’s descriptions, both beingprecisely alike, must be furnished before the Articles can be permitted to enter the Building.If an Exhibitor’s Articles are sent in several packages, the list should indicate the contents ofeach separate package.

8. Her Majesty’s Commissioners have consented to allow Illustrations of Articles exhibitedto he inserted in the large Catalogue, after approval by the Executive Committee. Exhibitorsdesirous to avail themselves of this privilege must communicate their intention of providing

illustrations. the Illustrations, and state their character, whether Engraving on Wood, on Steel , or Litho-graphy. Communications are to be addressed to the Executive Committee, at the Building forthe Exhibition, Hyde Park, London , marked on the outside, “ Catalogue.”

9. Exhibitors who may desire that their names and the descriptions of their productionsshould appear in any French and German Editions of the Catalogue which may be authorized,are requested to furnish at the same time with the two English, Copies, a French and German translation of the descriptions, made out in all respects as before prescribed.

That a careful attention to these instructions would have developed a vastamount of most valuable and interesting knowledge, can scarcely be questioned;and that in a considerable proportion of cases such has been the result, will appearAttention paid to on examination of the contents of this volume. That such a degree of attentionKnles ' was not universal is only what was to have been expected, both in consequence

of the pressure of time under which many exhibitors laboured, and also from thefact that a large proportion, occupied in exclusively industrial pursuits, wereunused to literary composition. The forms, with their duplicates, on being filledup, were transmitted to the Executive Committee; the duplicate being retainedby the Executive, the other copy was placed in the compilers’ hands.

The first step in preparing these forms for the press was their arrangementinto classes corresponding to the thirty divisions decided upon by the Executive.The number and variety of objects embraced by the returned forms rendered thisFir.it stage of a tedious and difficult task. On its being effected, the forms remained to be

printing. examined, and put into such a state as to satisfy the requirements of the printer.

They were consequently read, and as far as possible thrown into that state ofconnection of parts, and removal of superfluous material, which might enablethem to be set up in a convenient form in type.

Although much had been by these means effected m the preparation of thematerial of the catalogues, the most important part of the labour involved, priorto its assuming its present form, remained to he accomplished. The scientific andScientific revision technical inaccuracies of a large proportion of the returned forms, together withtheir literary reconstruction rendered in a large proportion of cases absolutelynecessary, demanded attentive revision and correction. Several considerationsrendered this extremely difficult. Among these were the shortness of the periodabsolutely allotted for the completion of the work, the impossibility of verifyingthe descriptions given with the objects of which they treated, and the immensevariety of subjects comprehended by the Exhibition itself, and necessarily described

b The uses.

.c The novelty in design or treatment.d Superiority of execution.e New use of known Materials.

/ Use of new materials.g New combination of Materials.h Improvements in processes of production.i The place where the Article was made.j If the Article is repeated in quantities fortrade, the price at which it is sold bythe Producer should be stated.k Any particular features which the Exhi-bitor desires should be noticed by theJury.